The devices, with more than 5,000 installed statewide, require the driver to blow into them. The vehicle won’t start if even trace amounts of alcohol are detected.

The Child Passenger Protection Act, called Leandra’s Law, took effect in 2009 and made it a felony to drive under the influence of alcohol or drugs with a passenger under 16 years old. There have been more than 1,600 arrests so far

Another provision, effective in 2010, requires anyone convicted of a misdemeanor or felony drunk driving to be subject to ignition interlock installation.

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So if the person who is driving is the one that broke the law, why are they not paying for the ignition interlock mechanism? Why are the tax payers on the hook for this when they did NOT MAKE this person drive their vehicle drunk?
Judy Pepenella